White House Threatens To Veto House Bills Limiting EPA Science
The White House is threatening to veto three bills changing how EPA uses science in its regulatory decisions. The House has already passed two of them.
Source: Pump Handle, 11/20/2014
Environmental Politics
House Passes Bill That Helps Silence Science on EPA Advisory Board
On a 229-191 party-line vote, the GOP-controlled House passed a bill reining in EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) — authorizing conflicts of interest for its members and gagging them in communications about subjects they are expert on. Science integrity and environmental groups had opposed the bill, which the House passed on November 18, 2014.
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Did Halliburton Buy Baker Hughes Silence on Fracking Chemicals?
It seemed like good news when Baker Hughes, one of the world's largest oilfield services companies, announced in Oct 2014 that it would start disclosing all the chemicals it used in its fracking operation. Now Halliburton, an even larger oilfield services company, is buying Baker Hughes. In a $34.6 billion merger. Or is it a hostile takeover?
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"The Greening of Barack Obama"
"For Barack Obama, it wasn’t easy being green — until, suddenly, it was."
Source: Politico, 11/19/2014
White House Threatens To Veto House GOP Bills To Hobble EPA
"The White House is issuing veto threats against House Republican legislation that places new reporting requirements on the Environmental Protection Agency. The White House says the measures could delay or prevent environmental decisions."
Source: AP, 11/19/2014
"White House Clears EPA Rewrite of Hazardous Waste Rule"
"The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a regulation that seeks to strengthen federal standards for recycling hazardous waste."
Source: The Hill, 11/19/2014
"Senate Defeats Bill on Keystone XL Pipeline in Narrow Vote"
"Senate Democrats, by a single vote, stopped legislation that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, one of the most fractious and expensive battles of the Obama presidency."
Source: NY Times, 11/19/2014
Edelman’s TransCanada Astroturf Docs Expose Oil Industry PR Attack
"Documents obtained by Greenpeace detail a desperate astroturf PR strategy designed by Edelman for TransCanada to win public support for its Energy East tar sands export pipeline. TransCanada has failed for years to win approval of the controversial border-crossing Keystone XL pipeline, so apparently the company has decided to 'win ugly or lose pretty' with an aggressive public relations attack on its opponents."
Source: DeSmogBlog, 11/18/2014
"The Keystone XL Vote Will Come Down To A Small Group Of Senate Democrats"
The Senate's vote next week on legislation to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline may come down to a handful of Democrats, who are now being courted aggressively by advocates on both sides of the debate."
Source: Huffington Post, 11/17/2014
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